Why Does A Fierce Race Of Female Warriors...

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I think he's joking.

[Kacho_Nacho]

I think he's joking.

Nope. I was serious.

Never played FF12, so I didn't know this was a throwback look.

Why DON'T they?

Because warriors aren't known for wearing gear that doesn't protect anything. Well, except for Celts, and they didn't fare too well against the Romans.

I gotten sick of the word "Fierce"

Hmm, how about "experienced?"

[Moomba33]

I'm not a fan of the Viera look myself. XII's political storyline was somewhat difficult for me to take seriously with a bunny girl in a metal bikini hanging around.
Still, it makes sense that SE would carry that look forward into XIV as the XII incarnation of Viera are quite popular.
Thankfully XIV on the whole has great variety with armour designs so players can dress their characters as skimpily or modestly as they choose.

[Fredco191]

I dunno. Does it matter?

[Catwho]

I'm not a fan of the Viera look myself. XII's political storyline was somewhat difficult for me to take seriously with a bunny girl in a metal bikini hanging around.
Still, it makes sense that SE would carry that look forward into XIV as the XII incarnation of Viera are quite popular.
Thankfully XIV on the whole has great variety with armour designs so players can dress their characters as skimpily or modestly as they choose.

Yup. By level 5 they will all be wearing the primary color potato sacks like everyone else.

[BubblyBoar]

Because warriors aren't known for wearing gear that doesn't protect anything. Well, except for Celts, and they didn't fare too well against the Romans.

But Viera Warriors are and they seem to be doing quite well. Who are you to tell them they can't? Aether exists after all.

[Melichoir]

Because warriors aren't known for wearing gear that doesn't protect anything. Well, except for Celts, and they didn't fare too well against the Romans."

Im not exactly whipping out my wallet over female Viera honestly. yeah, Not a fan of the lingerie style they got going. Thats my feeling on it, buuuuuuuuut that being said, Im not considering how 'realistic' it is as armor. Virtually every single armor except some of the low level ones are extremely impractical for combat. It's a fantasy game where we literally have guns and no one is considering that a gun will pierce most historical plate mail (Hell, crossbows were excellent at that too), or people dont get severe burns or frost bite from BLM spells. Where Paladin armor has your head virtually exposed and monks fighting with their fists would be pretty much useless in most battle situations. If we were being REALLY REALISTIC, most armies would be comprised of machinists cause guns are way better than virtually almost all melee weapons.

Always taken the view everyone's skin is made of stone or something or that everyone has a magic overcoat that mitigates tons of damage so you dont need the most practical armor to be protected. So even if it's stripper gear, if theyre soldiers, theyre soldiers cause fantasy.


For CLARITY though: I will point out that the viera designs are extremely fan service ish. This isnt 'wilderness hunter' armor in any way, even among fantasy things. It really is very lingerie-esque. Which is fine (not my taste, but fine!). It just doesnt work with the setting. Its teh type of armor and dress Id see if they were in Uldah or Limsa maybe, not in wild forest environments. It just doesnt...fit. Im not sure how the FFXII explained this, but yeah.

[SleepyNeko]

Because warriors aren't known for wearing gear that doesn't protect anything. Well, except for Celts, and they didn't fare too well against the Romans.

Are you confusing soldiers with warriors? Gladiators and tribal warriors are usually depicted as wearing minimal armor. Armor is more for armies where they can be used to identify enemy soldiers and protection is more valued in a battlefield because there are much more stray attacks that you cannot defend against.